Our staff is a talented and ambitious bunch of folks, so it is no wonder they sometimes leave the lodges for other pursuits. This summer, Housekeeping Coordinator Laura Alexander was accepted to the Peace Corps for volunteer work in Southeast Asia. Her cheerfulness, hard work, and companionship will be missed around the lodges. Amanda Solonika, who came onboard in September, will return next year as our new Housekeeping Coordinator. Amanda has worked in housekeeping around the U.S. and in Antarctica.
Also departing for other endeavors is Ellen Horbett, who arrived at Camp Denali in 2004 as a seasonal employee and later took on a year-round position as Office Coordinator. She anticipates remaining in the north country and using summer 2010 to explore other remote areas of Alaska and northern Canada. She leaves her role in the capable hands of Jan Tomsen. Jan is a triathlon veteran and enjoys glassing the Kantishna ponds for waterfowl. Her positive energy and love for skiing will make her a welcome addition to our winter office and community at the park entrance.
Vol. XXXIV
November 2009
Edited by Ellen Horbett
and Jan Tomsen
Illustrations by William D. Berry and Amanda P. Devine
P.O. Box 67
Denali National Park, AK 99755
(907) 683-2290
info@campdenali.com
www.campdenali.com
The enthusiasm of our staff is often what makes the guest experience at Camp Denali and North Face Lodge so memorable. If you know of someone who would be a good fit for our organization, encourage him or her to view the employment page.
General staff positions are available for the 2010 season, as well as the following professional seasonal positions:
Dinner Chefs, Naturalist Guides
**Registered Nurses are encouraged to apply for any of our seasonal positions.
Of the thousand ways we know her,
Kantishna assumes the same, safe air of Home.
In the descending night the signs are everywhere.
Things begin, then end, but still are,
as this earth’s latitude retakes its own.
Without suffering or regret
there is no apology here for frailty;
or of fading, or winnowing.
So much about the granting of greatness
is capricious, yet the capacity
for tenderness still exists in Kantishna.
I am aware how good it is to not know;
to care for things I never knew existed;
yes, even to admit matters will continue
without me. Infinite ones, such as
the route of the grizzly lumbering into sunlight.
Infinitesimal too, wreathing Denali
in its own snow mass of wind cloud
while encircling gold bursts the willows.
Creation cannot hide in the bold,
close night of overhead stars.
These hours fall by compass degree,
and days, severe and beautiful,
round to completion, altering all within reach.
Kantishna has assumed the safe, same air of Home.
-Jill Carter, 2009
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